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Times pays tribute to Baghdad driver Funeral held of bureau employee killed in bomb attacks earlier this weekThe funeral of an Iraqi who worked as a driver and "fixer" for the Times's Baghdad bureau took place in Najaf yesterday."Yasser", whose surname has not been revealed by the paper due to fear of reprisals against his brother, who is also a driver for the Times, was killed in a one of the bomb attacks on hotels in the city on Monday that left dozens dead.He had just left Baghdad's Hamra hotel, where the Times's bureau is based, when a suicide bomber in a white minibus blew himself up outside the building.The paper's Middle East correspondent, James Hider, wrote a lengthy tribute to Yasser in today's paper, recalling how he once blocked the road with his car "as a vehicle full of armed kidnappers tried to abduct a Times reporter one evening near the Tigris river"."He saved my life and the lives of colleagues at the risk of his own, only to step out of the Times office at exactly the wrong moment on Monday, the moment when a suicide car bomber fought his way into the compound and blew himself up," Hider said.The paper's editor, James Harding, described Yasser as "a brave and generous friend to the Times". "He was a respected and much loved member of the Times's Baghdad bureau," Harding added. "Yasser always showed courage, patience, good humour and a deep commitment to the newspaper's coverage of Iraq. We are indebted to him for his sacrifice and his service."Yasser had worked for the paper for seven years, since the fall of Saddam Hussein.Hider also recounted an occasion when he and his translator were grabbed by the al-Mahdi Army close to its stronghold in Sadr City."As a Shia from the area, Yasser could have driven off and no one would blamed him: instead, I was hugely relieved to spot him in the rear window belting after us. He stayed until we managed to negotiate our release," Hider said. "Yasser was a kind and funny man who had seen too much misery but retained his ability to crack a wicked joke."He is survived by his wife and two daughters.• To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editor@mediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000.• If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".The TimesNational newspapersNewspapersNewspapers & magazinesIraqJames Robinsonguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |